RA Collection: People and Organisations
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London from 15 January 1874 to 24 May 1910. Also a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society.
Author of a book on Orchids:
Orchids: and how to grow them in India and other tropical climates / by Samuel Jennings. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1875.
And editor of The Royal Academy Album (1877).
For further information see: More on Samuel Jennings (1839-1916: orchidologist and Angel-Evangelist by Henry Noltie FLS in: The Linnean: Newsletter and proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Vol. 37. No. 2. December 2021. pp9-10.
Born: 26 December 1839 in Islington
Died: 1 June 1916